Pope Benedict XVI

  • Faith beyond figures: How an ordinary accountant met the Pope

    He describes himself as an ordinary, faithful man by all accounts. But due to a series of consecutive coincidences (or divine providence) in 2008, it so happened that he met, and was blessed by, Pope Benedict XVI during the World Youth Mass among half a million attendees at Randwick...
  • Pope Francis at Requiem Mass: ‘Benedict, may your joy now be complete!’

      In his homily at the Requiem Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Pope Francis commends his predecessor into the loving hands of God the Father, and prays that his joy may now be complete as he contemplates the Lord face to face. “Father, into your hands I commend...
  • Dominic Dimech: Returning the Basic Gift of Faith

    Read more about this youth group leader and university philosopher Dominic Dimech, 24 years old, is a leader of the youth group ‘BasicGift’, at Holy Spirit Parish, St Clair. The middle child of four in a Maltese family, he is an articulate and affable young man completing a doctorate in...
  • Who is Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI?

    By Jordan Grantham, Catholic Outlook   Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, known as Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, was born in the German town of Marktl, Bavaria, on April 16, 1927. April 16, 2017 was his 90th birthday. He was born on Easter morning and baptised that day with the newly blessed...
  • Br Patrick Howlett FMS honoured with Doctor of Education

    Br Patrick Howlett FMS was honoured for his commitment to and advancement of Catholic education in New South Wales, at The University of Notre Dame‘s Sydney Campus Graduation Ceremony on 14 March 2017. A pioneer of Catholic education in the Marist tradition for more than 50 years, Br Patrick...